Writing Workshops

Put pen to paper and take your writing to the next level in one of our writing workshops. Our workshops span a wide range of genres, mediums and topics, from nature writing to science fiction, poetry to screenwriting, and crime fiction to non-fiction. We run workshops for schools, young people and adults.

Renowned artists, writers and poets who have led our workshops include:

  • Monique Roffey – Costa Award-winning writer
  • Sarah Brooks – Sunday Times-bestseller
  • Raymond Antrobus – Ted Hughes Award-winning poet
  • Zoe Berville – Editorial consultant and publisher
  • Saima Mir – Bestselling crime writer and journalist
  • Kayo Chingonyi – Dylan Thomas Prize and Somerset Maugham Award-winning poet
  • Cathy Rentzenbrink – Bestselling memoirist
  • Jeremy Dyson – writer and co-creator of League of Gentlemen
  • Matt Howard – poet and environmentalist
  • John Whale – poet and Director of the Poetry Centre, University of Leeds
  • Kim Moore – poet and New Writing North Award-winner
  • Peter Sansom – poet and co-director of The Poetry Business
  • Natalie Anastasia Davies – poet and Writer in Residence, Brimham Rocks (National Trust)

A limited number of Bursary places are often available for our workshops. You can find more details on each workshop event listing.

See our upcoming writing workshops

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